1987 Pontiac Fiero with T-Tops (2 seat, mid engine). I last drove it in 1999, & was actually driving it when I met my wife when we both lived in Texas. My folks moved to Alabama & towed it that far in 2001, I spent this past couple of days towing it the rest of the way to Massachusetts (Across the country, through the Appalachians, nothing but net).

I'm working on a carputer that will sync MP3's wirelessly with the house as part of the stereo system, & have been rebuilding a V-6 to drop in to replace the stock 4cyl (but will keep the 4cyl in case I ever do a full "stock" restoration, and as it got 40mpg highway).

The hard part will be finding T-Top seals & weatherstripping - there were only a few thousand made with that option (it was only supposed to be a dealer option on the 88's, but my dealer had it installed on a handful of cars from their remaining 87 inventory).

Needs paint, but will be keeping it blue - it seems like most of the surviving Fieros are red or black, & they only made blue for one model year. I ran the numbers a while back for this particular combination... there were only 3000 "sport coupe" models in 1987, only ~300 of those were blue, & very few (guessing less than a dozen) of those had t-tops as a delivered option. I was aware of one other with this combination from the same dealer, but it was totaled last year. I think the combination is fairly rare at this point.

Although it's off to a slow start, I think I can get it roadworthy before it's officially an antique (2012)

I've got a stock 2.8l V6 from another fiero (wanted the specific exhaust, plenum, & wiring) & am debating between using a stroker kit to replace the crank & bore out the pistons to get a 3.1/3.2, or getting a RWD 3.4 & drilling the starter on the other side of the block for the transverse mount. Both are common upgrades, & either way, it will look like the stock Fiero GT engine, with most of the engine work done in my basement over the winter.

I loved & missed this car the whole time it was off the road & can't wait to get it going again.

I've got a stock 2.8l V6 from another fiero (wanted the specific exhaust, plenum, & wiring) & am debating between using a stroker kit to replace the crank & bore out the pistons to get a 3.1/3.2, or getting a RWD 3.4

Regarding the 3.1/3.2 stroker vs 3.4 decision, I'd suggest using a Camaro 3.4 engine. I went the 3.2 stroker route, and ended up spending more time & money than a Camaro 3.4 swap. And my engine has about the same power/torque as a stock Camaro 3.4.

BTW, I still have my '87 Fiero SE. And I've done some more work to it. Since my last post in this thread, I've replaced the automatic transmission with a 5-speed manual, installed a custom exhaust with long-tube headers, installed a custom intake manifold with a Buick GN throttle body, did some major body mods, and started on a custom interior. Here are a few photos:

Would look great in my Aurora, as replacement for the horrible center console, but then I'd want to replace all the fake stuff that's already in there, and then it would never leave the garage... Still haven't gotten the stereo back in after 6.5 years, lol... It sounds too good to bother with musical noise, I think.

The main reason I'd pick an Aurora V8 over a newer NorthStar would be the smaller displacement, which means less low-RPM torque. There isn't a manual transmission available for the Fiero that can reliably handle over 250 ft-lb of torque on a regular basis.

I was also considering the Buick / Rover V8. The later versions used in Land Rovers have fuel injection, tuned port intake manifolds, etc. And the engine is pretty lightweight.

Since my V6 has only 20k miles on it, and has no mechanical issues, I think I'll have plenty of time to consider the options.

Don't they run about $30k just for the engine? Let alone finding a gearbox that can cope with the torque? I seem to recall Denis Palatov mentioning the £30k figure for the one he's testing in the Ariel Atom.

All the approved NASCAR bar cages I've seem have been parallel door bars that bend away from the drives seat into the area inside the drivers door. You are allowed to 'gut' the door to allow clearance for these bars.

All the approved NASCAR bar cages I've seem have been parallel door bars that bend away from the drives seat into the area inside the drivers door. You are allowed to 'gut' the door to allow clearance for these bars.

It's FIA approved in its standard form. I've added extra bar at the back as well. Also the car itself isn't huge. Lengthwise it's not much bigger than the original mini. A bit higher though.

The general purpose is simply a track day toy but I'm keeping an eye on regs and the appendix J stuff so ensure that I'm not doing anything that would invalidate it for competition use. the odd hill climb or round of BritCar next year might be fun.

In other news my custom quaife ATB diff should arrive this month. The carbon fiber seat arrived and the suspensions and driveline stuff will be here week after next. Should hopefully be able to start assembly shortly.

Wow, crazy headers. I forgot how different the layout can be with a rear-engine/RWD layout. How much power is the engine making? Stock `94 3.4L V6 in the Camaro is 160hp, but I assume that one isn't even close to stock?

I just recently completed a papercraft Iron Giant model that I designed from scratch. I started with a couple of the original production reference drawings that I found online at UltimateIronGiant.com.

These I took into Google Sketchup where I built up a model, simplifying it into as few planes as I could manage. From there, I exported .3ds models of my components, to bring over to Pepakura Designer. A pretty nifty program all told; it flattens your model and does a pretty good job of automatically placing tabs and marking your folds. It still took a considerable amount of time to fiddle with everything to make assembly easier, though.

Finally, I printed my design onto grey 67# cover stock, cut the components out with an X-Acto, and glued it up with good old Elmer's White School Glue.

The final model stands about 16" tall, and will be a Christmas gift for my mother-in-law.

I've recently been tinkering with my citroen 2cv E reg 1987. Although I'm really not good at the mechanical side I love how this car is literally bolted together. After the awful weather we had last winter I decided to give th car a spring clean - literally! I also gave it a brand new coat, got the rusty parts at the back replaced, hubcaps attached and a whole load of other little accessories. Oh and finally got reid of that sticker that had been there for years!!! haha!

I've been slowly working on the "company car" for the past few years, including sand-blasting the frame, building an engine (Chevy 350 bored +0.030", stroked to 3.75" with 6" rods, hydraulic roller cam, aluminum heads and dual-plane intake), transmission (4L60 with a few modifications ) and rear axle (3.08:1 posi) for it, and I've now (finally) ordered the rear quarter panels. The rest of the body is being stripped to bare metal, and built back up (needed after 37 years).

I still need to do some work on the brakes, as they'll barely keep it from moving at fast idle (yes, it has a carb and a choke).

Had great fun with my Abarth, 9k redline (well, the redline is courage, no actual electronic limitation) light as all hell (my two moderately sized friends could pick it up and move it around the street) and a blast on the track.

Put it up for sale through my mechanics and had it stolen and totalled by some idiot they let go joyriding in it.